Bed-spring.



Patented Mar. l8, I902.

F. MOEHLE.

BED SPRING.

(Application filed Oct. 25, 1901A (No Model.)

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FREDERICH MOEHLE, OF SHEFFIELD, IOlVA.

BED-SPRlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,752, dated March 18, 1902.

Application filed October 25, 1901- Serial No. 79,954. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICH MOEHLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sheffield, in the countyof Franklin and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bed-Springs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in bed springs or bottoms, and the object is to provide a bed spring or bottom of simple construction, that may be readily adjusted to bedsteads of different sizes, and that may be quickly taken apart and packed in a small space for shipment or storage.

I will describe a bed-spring embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference inclicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of a bed-spring embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line m .r of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line y y of Fig. l.

The frame of the bed spring or bottom comprises side rails 1, preferably of tubular metal and removably engaging at their ends with corner-castings 2. As here shown, the ends of the side rails are threaded to engage interior threads of the corner-castings. The head and foot rails consist of bars 3 l, having removable connection with opposite cornercastings, and on these bars 3 and 4. tubes 5 are mounted, so as to have a rotating or rolling motion on the said bars.

\Vhen the frame is adjusted for a narrow bed, the ends of the tubes 5 will abut against the corner-castings. Should it be desired, however, to adj ust the frame for a wider bed, short tubular rollers 6 are placed over the bars 3 and 4 between the ends of the cornercastings and the tubes 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The springs consist of metal plates '7, having their end portions extended over the rollers or tubular portions at the head and foot of the frame, and the ends underneath are connected one with another by helical springs 8, the said springs 8 having hook ends to removably engage in eyes formed in the ends of the spring-plates. By this construction any weight on the spring-plates 7 .will of course force them downward, expanding the springs 8, and as these spring-plates pass over rollers they will not be subjected to Wear, as would be the case were they extended over or around rigid bars.

When itis desired to separate and pack the several parts for shipment or for storage, the spring-plates may be readily removed by releasing the spring 8 therefrom, and then the said rails 1 and the bars 3 and 4. may be re each other, tubes mounted to rotate on said head and foot bars, spring-plates extending around said tubes, and helical-spring connections between the ends of said springplates, substantially as specified.

2. A bed spring or bottom, comprising a frame consisting of side rails, corner-castings with which said side rails connect, head and foot bars extended from the corner-castings, each bar consisting of two sections movable lengthwise with relation to each other, tubes mounted to rotate on said head and foot bars, spring-plates extending around said tubes, and yielding connections between the ends of said spring-plates, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICII MOEHLE.

Vitnesses:

NORMAN L. HILL, Gno. C. BARNEY. 

